South West Water: Sewage
Commons · Question 67607 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require South West Water to (a) reinstate collaboration with Surfers Against Sewage and (b) provide real-time data to the Safer Seas and Rivers Service.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Jul 2025
It is important that the public have access to reliable information on storm overflow discharges. The Water (Special Measures) Act introduced a duty for water companies to publish data related to discharges from all emergency overflows within one hour of ...